China aster

noun

Etymology

It was brought from China to France by a missionary in the 18th century.

Definitions

  1. Callistephus chinensis, an ornamental plant native to China.

    • ‘[S]he carelessly bound a glowing wreath of African marygolds and purple China-aster, surmounting the whole with a light kerchief of pink Italian gauze, embroidered by herself in lilies of the valley.’

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for China aster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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